"Advanced Chapter" 11.20 Zi Zhang asks the way of the good. Zi Yue: Do not practice, do not enter the room

11.20 Zi Zhang asks the way of the good. Zi Yue: "Do not practice, and do not enter the room." ”

【Notes】

▲ Good man: A person of perfect moral character; a person of the highest good, a saint. Shu'er 7.26 "Good people, I can't see them." ”

▲ Trampling: "trampling", trampling; trampling. "Traces", footprints. "Do not practice", do good deeds without leaving a trace.

▲ Do not enter the room: Do good deeds quietly, do not do good deeds and enter the inner room of others to promote yourself.

Nan Huaijin's "Analects of Discourse": "Do good deeds and don't tie yourself up with the concept of 'goodness'. Chinese pay attention to doing good deeds to accumulate yin virtue, and yin virtue is something that is done in secret to be virtuous to people. ”

【Translation】

Zi Zhang asked for advice on the way of good people. Confucius said, "Do good deeds without leaving a trace, let alone do good deeds and go around proclaiming yourself." ”

【Learning and Thinking】

In ancient times, squires would generally wrap silver for each household during the Spring Festival and give it to the poor who had no money for the New Year. But sending money is not about sending it in a big way, but sending it secretly. The squires had the silver wrapped up in advance, and then sent servants to secretly stuff it in the cracks in the poor people's doors, under the window sills, etc., and they would not send too much, that is, some broken silver, but these broken silver was enough for the poor to have a happy year. Sending silver must not be seen, because in ancient China, "good people want to see, not true and good", so the squires generally do not like the common people to know who sent this money, and the poor people know that it is the good people who get rich, but they do not know who sent it. (Note: This paragraph comes from the Internet or the older generation of people, and no relevant proof has been found.) ）

Ming Zhu Bailu's Maxim of Zhu Zi Zhi Jia (also known as Zhu Zi Jia Xun): "Good desires to be seen by others, not true and good; evil is known to others, and it is great evil." ”

Doing good deeds always wants others to know, that is not doing good things in good faith; doing bad things, I am afraid that others will know, it must be a very bad thing.

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Xue'er 1.13 There is a son who says, "Because you do not lose your relatives, you can also be a sect." ”

Gongye Long Story 5.26 Yan Yuanyue: "May there be no good deeds and no labor." ”

Yongye Chapter 6.15 Zi Yue: "Meng Zhi's rebellion is not cut, ben and temple, will enter, and his horse will be planned, saying: 'If you do not dare to follow, the horse will not enter.' ’”

Tabor 8.1: "Tabor, it can be said that the supreme virtue is also finished." Three, the world gives way, and the people have nothing to gain. ”

【Knowledge Expansion】

"Yi Chuan • Genealogy of The Word • Chapter 8": Lao Qian, the gentleman has the end, Ji. Zi Yue: "Labor without cutting, meritorious but not virtuous, thick to the point." ”

[Translation] Humble Jiusan said: "Hard work and modesty, gentleman always so, this is a virtue." Confucius said: "To have merit without boasting, to have merit without being grateful, is to be extremely generous."

The Tao Te Ching, Chapter 2: It is the saints who do nothing, who do what they do not say, who do not begin with all things, who are born without being, who do not have, who do not be ashamed, and who dwell in vain after their achievements. Fu Wei Fu dwells, is not to go.

So the saints deal with the affairs of the world in a way that does nothing, and they carry out indoctrination in a way that does not speak; all things arise without interference, they give birth to all things without taking them for themselves, they nourish all things without self-esteem, and they accomplish their deeds without pretending to be their own. It is precisely because he does not take credit for it, so his merits will not be lost.

Qing Pu Songling's "Liaozhai Zhiyi Kao Chenghuang": "If there is a heart for good, although good is not rewarded; no heart is evil, although evil is not punished." ”

Some people deliberately do good deeds, although they have done good deeds, but they should not be rewarded; some people do not intentionally do bad things, although they have done bad things, they can also not punish him.

"Zizhi Tongjian, Han Ji XVII, Han Xuan Emperor Yuankang II (64 BC)": Since the encounter with his great-grandson, he never said anything about the previous grace, so the imperial court could not understand his merits. The concubine of the Huiye Court ordered the people to write a letter, and since Chen tasted the merits of Ah Bao, and the order of the Court under the chapter was questioned, he resigned the messenger Bingji Zhizhi. The general of the Imperial Household Order, Yu Shifu, ji zhi, said: "Ru tastes to sit and raise the emperor's great-grandson is not careful, supervise Ru, Ru An has meritorious service!" Duweicheng Hu Group and Huaiyang Guo Zhengqing have en'er. "Separately play the group and so on to raise labor. Zhao Ji asked for the group and the secretary of state; those who were dead and had children and grandchildren were rewarded generously. If they are exempted, they will be given 100,000 yuan.

Since Emperor Xuan of Han ascended the throne, Bing Ji never mentioned the favors of Emperor Xuan of Han before, so no one in the DPRK knew about it. It happened that a maid named Ze Ting had her former husband write to the imperial court stating that she had been instrumental in nurturing the emperor, and Emperor Xuan of Han ordered Ye Ting to be responsible for investigating the matter, and the maid mentioned that BingJi knew about the situation at that time. Ye Ting ling took the maid to the Imperial Palace to ask Bing Ji to confirm, and Bing Ji knew her and said to her: "When you raised the emperor's great-grandson, that is, the current emperor, because of poor care, I also scolded you, what credit do you have!" Only The Weicheng people Hu Group and the Huaiyang people Guo Zhengqing were kind to the emperor's great-grandson. So he played the situation of Hu Group and others who had worked hard together to raise up emperor Xuan of Han. Emperor Xuan of Han ordered Bingji to search for Hu And Guo Zhengqing, but both had died, and only their descendants were still alive, and they were both richly rewarded. Emperor Xuan of Han also issued an edict to restore the status of a commoner to the official slave, gave her 100,000 yuan, and personally summoned her to inquire about the situation in that year.